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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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